Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Matt Lucas*	Massage Parlour Blues	Matt Gets Blue	03:53
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song (Reprise)	I'm a Song	01:13
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The March Of The Dead	War War War	06:27
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
The Revelaires*	She Wears My Ring	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:57
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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